Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

Pretty much what Viking said

Clones kicked Phantom's butt big time. You got your clones *who rocked in the new trilogy, one of the very few improvements on the original trilogy,* you got Jango *not an improvment over Boba, but was still good,* first time we see Jedi fighting en mass on film, GREAT battle at the end, and less Jar-Jar *and yes, i did leave 'Natie P' off my list on purpose; just not a huge fan. She did a good job though; maybe since most all her scence were with Anikan it ruined it for me *

I'll add two names to Vikings list of good things in Phantom though; Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were great. Great actors who portrayed both of them, especailly Qui-Gon *that guy is great; even better in Kingdom of Heaven*

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Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

I agree with you about OBI and QUI-GON, is was good to see OBI fleshed out and to develop an appreciation for how awesome he was. I do hate that we only see a glimpse of QUI-GON, he is an incredible actor, I had forgot about KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

To leave NATIE off though, for shame. Her and Carrie Fisher set the standard of beauty in the SW Galaxy, and in many ways have become a cross cultural phenomena. The brass bikini and the over the top costumes are indetifiable by almost anyone.

Is hard as I come down on VADER for betraying the whole galaxy to a geratric, it is almost understandable when you look at the face of Padme.

Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

I would have to say that AOTC wins (for me at least). It had the clones (and I personally love their AOTC armor...not a big fan of the ones that follow), it had Jango and introduced Boba, Yoda showed how much of an @$$ kicker he was, and Mace finally got a fight.

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Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

Well I'm gonna have to go with AotC since tPM is my least favorite SW movie. Probably 'cause it's not exactly 100% in the feel of SW. I don't know if this makes scence to you all but I see the trilogies a bit differently. I see the IV V VI ones In my eyes are ruff, and gritty. The I II III are smoooth. I think tPM is to smooth. Does anyone actually understand what I'm saying? I don't blame you if you don't.

Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

ee-3 wrote:

Well I'm gonna have to go with AotC since tPM is my least favorite SW movie. Probably 'cause it's not exactly 100% in the feel of SW. I don't know if this makes scence to you all but I see the trilogies a bit differently. I see the IV V VI ones In my eyes are ruff, and gritty. The I II III are smoooth. I think tPM is to smooth. Does anyone actually understand what I'm saying? I don't blame you if you don't.

hmmm....I think I do

The original trilogy was more spontaneous... things seemed to happen really fast. Hell, the first couple of minutes in Ep. IV have no plot or set-up other then the scroll, it just throws you into the middle of a friggin space battle. Things like that kept you waiting to see what would pop up or happen next all through the old trilogy. In the new one we all basically knew what was going to go down, and there was only one real theme in all three of the new movies *that was interesting anyway*, Anikan's fall to the Dark Side *Clone Wars would be a theme to, and by far more interesting to me then dear little "Annie," but that doesn't really kick off until like the end of Ep. II, even if I and the rest of II were all setting it up*

But back to the original question.

Ep. IV definitely had it's moments. Maul was great...in mho Qui-Gon was better *just cause I'm a huge fan of Liam *, and I liked the throw-back they stared with using the model ships...or at least giving the appearance they were using the same movie-making tech from the original movies. If you watch Qui-Gon's/Obi-Wan's Republic cruiser blow up in the beginning of Ep. I, it really looks like an explosion/special effects from the old movies...or at least it did to me. I thought it was a nice touch, and that the second 2 films might have been better if they hadn't relied so much on CGI.

But Ep. II wins it for me. I hate most every scene with Anikan, but the rest is too good. Obi-Wan, Dooku, Jango, Clones and Clone Wars, huge battle at the end *done in awesome fashion.*

That's my take on it

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Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

Ralin Drakus wrote:

ee-3 wrote:

Well I'm gonna have to go with AotC since tPM is my least favorite SW movie. Probably 'cause it's not exactly 100% in the feel of SW. I don't know if this makes scence to you all but I see the trilogies a bit differently. I see the IV V VI ones In my eyes are ruff, and gritty. The I II III are smoooth. I think tPM is to smooth. Does anyone actually understand what I'm saying? I don't blame you if you don't.

hmmm....I think I do

The original trilogy was more spontaneous... things seemed to happen really fast. Hell, the first couple of minutes in Ep. IV have no plot or set-up other then the scroll, it just throws you into the middle of a friggin space battle. Things like that kept you waiting to see what would pop up or happen next all through the old trilogy. In the new one we all basically knew what was going to go down, and there was only one real theme in all three of the new movies *that was interesting anyway*, Anikan's fall to the Dark Side *Clone Wars would be a theme to, and by far more interesting to me then dear little "Annie," but that doesn't really kick off until like the end of Ep. II, even if IV and the rest of III were all setting it up*

But back to the original question.

Ep. IV definitely had it's moments. Maul was great...in mho Qui-Gon was better *just cause I'm a huge fan of Liam *, and I liked the throw-back they stared with using the model ships...or at least giving the appearance they were using the same movie-making tech from the original movies. If you watch Qui-Gon's/Obi-Wan's Republic cruiser blow up in the beginning of Ep. I, it really looks like an explosion/special effects from the old movies...or at least it did to me. I thought it was a nice touch, and that the second 2 films might have been better if they hadn't relied so much on CGI.

But Ep. II wins it for me. I hate most every scene with Anikan, but the rest is too good. Obi-Wan, Dooku, Jango, Clones and Clone Wars, huge battle at the end *done in awesome fashion.*

Re: The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones

I think I'll do a comparisson list like most people are. =3

Costumes: Tie - I love the work in TPM, but I also love AOTC costumes (Jango especially).Sith: TPM - Maul was awesome. That is all.Jedi: AOTC - Obi-Wan Kenobi is by far my favorite Jedi. He was more mature in AOTC, and I like his lines a lot more. There was also more Jedi that had airtime. Generally spiffy. Even if Anakin is a bit whiney and emo.Battles: AOTC - Obi-Wan vs. Jango. Jedi + Clones vs. Droids. Yoda vs. Dooku. Best battle scenes EVER.Locations/ Scenery: AOTC - TPM has some neat scenes, no doubt, but overall AOTC reigns supreme as far as locations. Kamino was pretty neat, and the lake country on Naboo was wonderful.General Characters: AOTC - Less Jar-Jar. 'Nough said. Oh, and Boba<3Score: TPM - I love John Williams' music period, but Duel of the Fates is still my favorite piece.Plot: AOTC - I wish they had done more with Jango, but the plot of the movie itself was generally better than TPM. (Also, less Jar-Jar involvement)Acting: TPM - Anakin whines a lot, and he's so emo it's annoying in AOTC. TPM has generally better lines and acting, even if I think Ewan was better in AOTC, and Tem did great as Jango.Nameless characters: AOTC - Clones own Gungans. Period. Also, AOTC has Super Battle Droids. Which were fairly cool.

Over all, I think AOTC was a better movie in general. But I did still like TPM.

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